Stepping Stone Lodge offers several special events throughout the year to which you are most warmly invited ! We try hard to provide an exciting variety of fun opportunities to learn, relax, refresh and renew people of all ages. Here is a partial listing of these special events that are planned for this coming year. Feel free to call the office to get your brochure.

Call today for prices for each weekend.  Remember 3^rd Generation Grandparents come for half price.  Lodging, all delicious meals and snacks, lessons and activities and 8% NH Room and Meals Tax combine in one great price.

Mother Daughter Holiday Weekend, December 08, 2006 - December 10, 2006

Tired of the commercialism, the rush of the holidays? Join us to celebrate the special bond between mothers and their daughters during this festive country weekend. Give yourselves the best gift of all - time together.  To register, contact Kathy Wile at kathywile@ponyfarm.com or 603-654-6308.

• Trail ride through beautiful, snowy New England countryside

• Enjoy a riding lesson geared to fun, learning and safety in our indoor arena - promises great riding for all! (No previous riding experience necessary.)

• Hear the jingle bells on a horse-drawn sleigh or hay ride

• Go on a torch-lit walk and sign carols around a bonfire under the stars

• Hike in one of the oldest forest preserves in New Hampshire, then devour a delicious, hot picnic lunch

• Browse the premier New England craft fairs and unique local shops for that perfect gift

• Create your own gingerbread house or holiday cookies

• Massage Available (extra fee, L.M.T.)

• Design an exquisite wreath or ornament

• Fireside Silver Tea with mother and daughter pictures to treasure

BRAND NEW OFFERING THIS WINTER!!!!
Join us for our first ever Winter Wellness Weekend for Adults.  A “Farm” Spa weekend, February 02 - February 04, 2007
Let us help you take the stress and strain out of your life for one simple weekend away.  Let us do the cooking, the dishes and the work while you ride, take a carriage drive or get a lovely Therapeutic Massage or Reiki Treatment; Yoga and guided relaxation with delicious healthy food.  Winter walks, snow shoeing and quiet visits to the horses, all make this a unique time to share with others while YOU relax, rest, renew and refresh before returning to the rat race!!!!

Father Daughter Weekend, March 23 - 25, 2007
Let’s not let the Moms and Daughters have all the fun!  Come on you, Dads and Daughters, join us for a magical weekend of riding, driving, Team Games, Charades, a camp fire lunch so we can surely have S’Mores, a good healthy hike or a peaceful nap curled up by the fire.  Therapeutic Massage and Reiki are an optional part of this weekend too. Dads, we have lots of Western saddles with good horses so you can swing your leg over and take back up the fine sport of riding if you haven’t been aboard since you were a teenager.  We don’t let the girls make fun of you either!!!! Let’s just celebrate the unique bond between Daughters and their Dads with a weekend away, together.

Spring Fling Weekend, May 11 - 13, 2007
Its time to celebrate the grass being green, the bugs being gone and the riding just right. Whether you are a family wanting to have a fun ‘weekend away’ together, a brand new camper wanting to see what summer camp will be like, a group of single men or women who want to have a fun excursion away together, or a single person wanting to come to a farm and ride your heart out, this is the weekend for YOU!!!! We have different rooming configurations so that everyone can stay in a comfortable arrangement while joining the whole group for activities. Loads of riding and carriage driving opportunities…Vaulting galore, delicious food and as much or as little activity as you choose…from the Antique Trail, to hitting all the Flea Markets, to hiking the Wapack Trail to sitting in our newly built and growing gardens with a good book, we have just the right amount of activities to make your stay a relaxing and reinvigorating time. Best of all, the new farm animals will be here!  You can be the first to meet the baby pigs, sheep, goats, bunnies, chicks and miniature donkey. Don’t forget to play with the miniature horses that have been here before so they don’t feel left out!!!!

Residential Summer Riding Camp, June - August, 2007
Pony Farm is proud to offer its 36th season of specialty summer riding camp for girls 8-14 years old. We invite you to share a magic summer with horse lovers, horses and ponies and a staff of experienced, caring professionals who make up our special family. Our small size, excellent staff, horses, program and facilities all combine to provide the unparalleled camp and riding experience which is every young rider’s dream.  Please note, following are general guidelines with events subject to change.
*All sessions offer the option of a Camping Trip with horses and an away horse show.

• 1st Session, 6/17-6/30, Focuses on Vaulting and Carriage Driving. Pony Farm Open Horse Show, an All-Day Picnic Ride, and ends with a Musical Drill Team and Riding Exhibition*

• 2nd Session, 7/1-7/14, Features the 36th Pony Farm Reunion, a Pony Camping Trip, a Hunter Pace (and maybe a real polo match here at the farm!) and ends with a Musical Drill Team and Riding Exhibition.*

• 3rd Session, 7/15-7/28, Includes a Pony Farm Open Horse Show. Ends with a Musical Drill Team and Riding Exhibition.*

• 4th Session, 7/29-8/11, Features Cheshire Fair (amusement rides, agricultural exhibits, food, and a fun horse show to watch), Pony Farm Olympics, Horse Power Benefit Horse Show. Ends with a Musical Drill Team and Riding Exhibition.*

• 5th Session, 8/12-8/18, Focuses on Vaulting and Carriage Driving. Ends with a Musical Drill Team and Riding Exhibition.*